LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Dacelo leachii Vigors and Hors field, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. X\ p. 205, Feb. 17th, 1827 ex Latham MS.: 
Keppel Bay, Queensland. 
Dacelo cervina Gould, Birds Austr. and Adj. Is., pt. n., pi. 2, Feb. 1838 : Hab. unknown := Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. 
Dacelo cervicitis Kaup, Familie Eisvogel, p. S, 1848. Error for “ D. cervina. 
Dacelo sal ussii "Homb. et Jacq." Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I. f p. 125, Sept. 1st, (Dec.?) 1865. In 
synonymy of D. cervina. 
Dacelo occidentals Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1869, p. 602, April 1st, 1870 : North-west Australia, i.e. Derby. 
Dacelo leachii mungi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIH., p. 287, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Mungi, North-west Australia. 
Dacelo leachii nana Mathews, Austral Av. Kec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 37, April 2nd, 1912: Melville Island, Northern 
Territory. 
Dacelo leachii cliftoni Mathews, ib. : Carnarvon, West Australia. 
Dacelo leachii Jcempi Mathews, ib., pt. 4, p. 89, Dec. 24th, 1912 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Dacelo leachii macarthuri Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VII., pt. 2, p. 140, May 15th, 1918: MacArthur River, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Queensland, Northern Territory, North-west and mid-West Australia. 
CCLVIIL Genus LAZULENA. 
Lazulena Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VII., pt. 2, p. 141, May 15th, 1918. Type (by original designation): 
Halcyon macleayii Jardine and Selby. 
307. LAZULENA MACLEAYII. FOREST KINGFISHER. 
Gould, Vol. II., pi. 24 (pt. xi.), June 1st, 1S43. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 2, pi. 337, May 15th, 
1918. 
Halcyon macleayii Jardine and Selby, Illustr. Ornith., Vol. IT., pt . vii., pi. 101, Dec. 1830: New South Wales, 
i.e. Moreton Bay, Queensland. 
Halcyon incinctis Gould, Svnops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., App., p. 1, April 1838: Moreton Bay, Queensland. 
Halcyon barnardi Campbell, Emu, Vol. X., p. 338, April 1st, 1911 : Lockerbie, Cape York. 
Halcyon macleayii dstinyuendus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 288, Jan. 31st, 1912 : South Alligator River, 
Northern Territory. 
Halcyon macleayii publa Mathews, Austral Av. Roc., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 38, April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island,Northern 
Terri to ry. 
Halcyon macleayii cceruleis Ashby, South Austr. Ornith., Vol. I., pt. i., p. 20, Jan. 1914 : Anson Bay, Northern 
Territory. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory. 
CCLIX. Genus CYANALCYON. 
Cyanalcyon Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, Vol. 2, No. 11, p. 319 (Consp. Volucrum Aniso., p. 9), August, before 
28th, 1854. Typo (by subsequent designation, Gray, p. 136, 1855): Halcyon pyrrhopygia Gould. 
308. CYANALCYON PYRRHOPYGIUS. RED-BACKED KINGFISHER. 
• Gould, Vol. II., pi. 22 (pt. i.), Dec. 1st, 1840. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 2, pi. 33S, May 15th, 1918. 
Halcyon pyrrhopygia Gould, Birds Austr., pt. j. (Vol. 2, pi. 22), Dec. 1st, 1840 : interior Now South Wales. 
Halcyon pyrrhopygius obscurus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVHL, p. 288, Jnn. 31st, 1912: Parrv's Creek, North- 
west Australia. 
Halcyon pyrrhopygius utingi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 118, Dec. 24th, 1912; Cape York, 
Queensland. r ^ . r 
Distribution. Australia generally, more or less a bird of tlio interior districts. Not Tasmania. 
COLX. Genus SAUROPATIS. 
Sauropatis Cabanis und Heine, Mus. Heine, Vol. IT., p. 158, after January 20th, 1800. Type (by subsequent 
g ion, Sharpe, Mon. Alced., p. xiv., Jan. 1st, 1871): Halcyon sanctus Vigors anti ilorsfield. 
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